would a Continuously Variable Transmission and a turbo make a good match?

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Mar 14, 2005 | 11:14 AM

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would a Continuously Variable Transmission and a turbo make a good match?

I see more and more cars coming out with CVTs now and wondered what the results would look like with a turbo. They have a definate plus side...you can stay at your peak torque all the time, you dont lose time shifting, and you can cam your car to make a very high and peaky powerband and get away with it. do CVTs have a place in boosting future or do they have some sort of draw-back?

Mar 14, 2005 | 12:50 PM

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Re: would a Continuously Variable Transmission and a turbo make a good match? (z6)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by z6 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I see more and more cars coming out with CVTs now and wondered what the results would look like with a turbo. They have a definate plus side...you can stay at your peak torque all the time, you dont lose time shifting, and you can cam your car to make a very high and peaky powerband and get away with it. do CVTs have a place in boosting future or do they have some sort of draw-back?</TD></TR></TABLE>
In theory, they're perfect.

In practice, most CVT's are going to have very finite limits as for how much power they can handle. Pushing a CVT much past it's stock configuration would probably smoke the tranny real fast - although the newer ones are getting better.